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    #32
    Say it Aint So
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭Say it Aint So


    Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

    Psychologist: Requires another 4 years at least at college but once ye start getting clients, ye just have to try help them, again nobody really puttin pressure on you for deadlines etc.

    Yea but if your're a psychologist then you'll have to listen to some people with horrible, horrible problems which will get you depressed.


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    #33
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    FAS instructor


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    #34
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Test Match Special commentator for BBC radio, golf pundit on Sky.

    Permanent summer, paid to watch a gentle paced sport, free flights and accommodation. Lots of opportunities for
    flings with saucy locals.


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    #35
    keano_afc
    Registered Users Posts: 8,711 ✭✭✭keano_afc


    The extra official beside the goal in football.

    You literally do nothing.


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    #36
    Max Power
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭Max Power


    Ryan Tubridy's dietitian


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    #37
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,323 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    Boatbuilding, it's stress relieving and there is no money in it but I love it :D


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    #38
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,880 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    I would absolutely love some of the security guard jobs Ive seen over the years, guys sitting in a cabin beside a heater all night reading or browsing the internet, not having to do a thing besides walk around every hour, its actually my dream job getting a position like that, the risk of that career route though is getting stuck standing in Tesco or Aldi all day and sinking into depression.


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    #39
    Ironman76
    Registered Users Posts: 517 ✭✭✭Ironman76


    Software Testing was a piece of piss. Worked in it from 2000-2005. Music blaring in the ol headphones, on the net half the day, the team constantly pulling pranks on each other. I actually left because, well you need even a little stress in a job to make it interesting right?


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    #40
    Ironman76
    Registered Users Posts: 517 ✭✭✭Ironman76


    Thargor wrote: »
    the risk of that career route though is getting stuck standing in Tesco or Aldi all day and sinking into depression.

    Yeah theres a chap in our local Tesco and he stands there from 8am to 8pm just staring into a monitor. Must be soul destroying. Not even a stool for the chap, what a kip.


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    #41
    annascott
    Registered Users Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭annascott


    There used to be a guy in Hamley's who had the delightful job of playing with a mega hornby railway set all day....


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    #42
    Eve_Dublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,886 ✭✭✭Eve_Dublin


    People looker Ater.


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    #43
    inforfun
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 20,862 Mod ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    keano_afc wrote: »
    The extra official beside the goal in football.

    You literally do nothing.

    And seeing a full stadium you doing your warm up?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYm7G6U4rL8


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    #44
    IzzyWizzy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,645 ✭✭✭IzzyWizzy


    I imagine the least stressful jobs are all boring. I'd rather be stressed than sit on an chair in an art gallery or sit at a checkout all day.


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    #45
    BBDBB
    Registered Users Posts: 26,899 ✭✭✭✭BBDBB


    be the worlds first horizontal aromatherapy masseuse


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    #46
    Tonyandthewhale
    Registered Users Posts: 1,867 ✭✭✭Tonyandthewhale


    Call Me Jimmy wrote: »
    Psychologist: Requires another 4 years at least at college but once ye start getting clients, ye just have to try help them, again nobody really puttin pressure on you for deadlines etc.

    4 years at college to become a clinical psychologist? No, more like 3/4 years undergrad, preferably a masters (either one or two years usually) and then you'll need several years experience in the field before you have any real hope of being accepted into a doctoral program which should swallow up another 4 years or so.

    As for not being stressful, it's not exactly a job without responsibilities.


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    #47
    M cebee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭M cebee


    painter/decorator
    they always seem happy at work


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    #48
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,878 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Boards moderator. No stress at all, €45k and free coke & hookers.


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    #49
    KyussBishop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,797 ✭✭✭KyussBishop


    ror_74 wrote:
    Possibly the best paying job with plenty of available work and relatively low levels of stress is software development. It helps to have a flair for science and maths, but creativity is also key.
    Also boring as fúck sometimes, so it's a double edged sword that; can lead to burnout, if you don't keep it interesting. Still, pretty nice if you can do it self-employed, and be your own boss.


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    #50
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,786 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    mike65 wrote: »
    Test Match Special commentator for BBC radio.
    Don't you just hate when a good raconteur gets interrupted by cricket and you never get to hear how the story ends



    Or you could be an Irish financial regulator.


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    #51
    phelixoflaherty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,436 ✭✭✭phelixoflaherty


    A bad Teacher. Usually english or maths.
    They wallow in relaxivity


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    #52
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    unkel wrote: »
    Boards moderator. No stress at all, €45k and free coke & hookers.

    BANNED


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    #53
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Night porter

    Decent pay, around 12 euro an hour. Good for a student

    Just about 2 hours of cleaning to do in a shift, that's all

    Sleep if you want if it's mid week and quiet. Just forward the phone to the mobile and put the door buzzer on vibrate and on your belt

    Drunk girls chatting you up as they come back drunk from the nightclub

    Big fry breakfast from the chef in the morning

    And best of all, no managers to bother you!

    Having did that job I can tell you it is nothing like you describe.


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    #54
    3ndahalfof6
    Registered Users Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭3ndahalfof6


    Dipping my toe in tepid water to make sure it is tepid, then induce popweed to keep me on track.


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    #55
    upstairs for coffee
    Registered Users Posts: 553 ✭✭✭upstairs for coffee


    Stinicker wrote: »
    Having did that job I can tell you it is nothing like you describe.

    What was it like?


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    Crann na Beatha
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    #57
    bigron2109
    Registered Users Posts: 1,725 ✭✭✭bigron2109


    A Tea Taster


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    #58
    seven_eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭seven_eleven


    Toll booth operator.


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    #59
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    upstairs for coffee wrote: »
    What was it like?

    At least four hours of cleaning, resetting and restocking things, keeping the bar opened until silly O'Clock, taking out the rubbish, lots of things really. Having to vacuum several hundred square metres of carpet each night was the final straw and I gave it up after several weeks.


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    #60
    Darwin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,659 ✭✭✭Darwin


    KyussBishop wrote: »
    Also boring as fúck sometimes, so it's a double edged sword that; can lead to burnout, if you don't keep it interesting. Still, pretty nice if you can do it self-employed, and be your own boss.

    If you are in game development, ever hear of crunch time? Can go on forever in some studios, definitely not stress free.


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    #61
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    Lad Of Banter wrote: »
    Luas pilot

    I knew someone would say this. :pac:

    Driving trams or trains isn't exactly easy. Especially with the Luas in the city centre, where jaywalkers provide an extra challenge. You have to keep full concentration at all times. You need to know your route inside out - the location of every station, speed limit (permanent or temporary), level crossing, accommodation crossing, you name it.

    Would still love to do it though.


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